This past March, I posted a blog about a series of books about a cat named Chester who comes to visit the library and ends up learning what to do in a library, book care, and the types of books that can be found inside the library.    I originally purchased these three books from…

     Conducting research with kindergarten students can be a daunting task, but I think I found a way to make it fun for them AND manageable for me!  I’ve been spending the year getting them to understand the difference between Fiction and Non-Fiction books, and would often pair two books over similar content to…

     Have you ever gotten an idea in the middle of the night and just had to get up and go work on it?  That’s what happened to me a few weeks ago, about book care nonetheless!  I was dreaming and came up with what I think will be a really fun idea. I’m…

     Teaching good research habits to younger grades is a very important part of being a librarian.  In the past, I have introduced the research steps using a lesson that connected the Big 6 steps to following a recipe for making an apple pie.  You can read about this “Recipe for Research” lesson on…

     I have been using centers in the library for several years now and absolutely love them.  They work really well at giving students choices of activities to do after the lesson and checking out new books.  Now that I have 50-minute library classes as part of the Special’s rotation, this has proven to…